1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS: the Aerocoupe appears

This record's own dek describes 1986 as the year the Aerocoupe appears: 200 cars built specifically for NASCAR eligibility, alongside 41,164 notchback SS coupes, out of 119,210 Monte Carlos overall. Wikipedia's own production table, citing the Standard Catalog of American Cars 1976-1999, and the MonteCarloSS.com FAQ give the identical 41,164 notchback figure, while the 200-car Aerocoupe total comes from a dedicated registry corroborated by both the FAQ and Wikipedia's own 1986 section.^1,2

That registry describes the Aerocoupes as all built in Arlington, Texas, then converted by Cars & Concepts of Brighton, Michigan, under factory option code B5T, renamed Z16 the following year, and allotted 70 cars each to the Jacksonville and Charlotte sales zones and 30 each to Atlanta and Birmingham. The same registry gives a build window of factory orders from November 15, 1985 to April 18, 1986, with actual construction running from December 1985 to May 1986, a nineteen-week production run averaging roughly ten Aerocoupes a week.²

Chevrolet's own price schedules show the Monte Carlo SS sport coupe, order code 1GZ37 Z65, starting at $12,466 MSRP and rising to $12,865 for cars built from April 14, 1986, against a $10,241 introductory price for the plain V6 sport coupe and $10,785 for the LS coupe under order code Z09 from the same April date. This record's own key facts state both SS price points directly rather than picking one as the year's definitive figure, a roughly $400 mid-year increase on top of a starting premium of about 22 percent over the plain V6 sport coupe.

The L69 305 HO V8 is documented identically across the MonteCarloSS.com FAQ and the factory MVMA specifications form, both giving 180 hp at 4,800 rpm and 225 lb-ft at 3,200 rpm, and this record's own conflicts section carries nothing for the year. The 200-4R four-speed overdrive automatic paired with a 3.73:1 axle and a 2.50 overall top-gear drive ratio is documented as the SS's standard and only drivetrain for the year, with no alternate transmission recorded anywhere in this record for 1986.³

Four exterior colors are documented, each tied to its own stripe color in the dealer order guide, Black and White with orange-red and red stripes respectively, Dark Maroon Metallic with an orange-red stripe, and Silver Metallic with a red stripe, and six interior trim codes are recorded, cloth bench, bucket-seat and 55/45-seat options in gray and in maroon. This record's own specifications section carries only the 3.73:1 axle ratio for the year, with no wheelbase, length or weight recorded specific to 1986 despite the Aerocoupe's own well-documented production window, and its performance section is empty as well.³

A single unpublished lead expands on the Aerocoupe specifically: the same registry reports that all 200 cars were finished in white with a maroon interior, with window-sticker prices ranging from $14,637 to $20,417, though this record notes that those color and price figures rest on a single registry drawing from owner-submitted documents that were not seen directly in this research, so they are not promoted into this record's own paint or price sections.²